締結|ていけつteiketsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbconclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbfastening (as in a joint)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 締結する(ていけつする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 締結します(ていけつします) |
| Negative (nai) | 締結しない(ていけつしない) |
| polite (masen) | 締結しません(ていけつしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 締結せず・締結せぬ(ていけつせず・ていけつせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 締結した(ていけつした) |
| polite (mashita) | 締結しました(ていけつしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 締結しなかった(ていけつしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 締結しませんでした(ていけつしませんでした) |
| Te form | 締結して(ていけつして) |
| Potential | 締結できる(ていけつできる) |
| Passive | 締結される(ていけつされる) |
| Causative | 締結させる(ていけつさせる) |
| Causative passive | 締結させられる(ていけつさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 締結すれば(ていけつすれば) |
| tara | 締結したら(ていけつしたら) |
| Volitional | 締結しよう(ていけつしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 締結しましょう(ていけつしましょう) |
| Imperative | 締結しろ(ていけつしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym契約けいやくNeutralThe everyday word for a contract or agreement; as 「契約する」 it means to make one. 「締結」 is more formal, and the usual pairing is 「契約を締結する」.
- Synonym約定やくじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose, used mainly for financial and contractual agreements; everyday speech prefers 「契約」 or 「取り決め」.
- Related取り結ぶとりむすぶWrittenWritten, native-Japanese verb: conclude a promise or contract; also act as go-between or curry favour. 「締結」 is for formal treaty/contract signing and fastening parts.
- Antonym解消かいしょうNeutralDissolving or cancelling relationships, agreements and the like; the opposite of the concluding expressed by 「締結」.
- Antonym破棄はきWrittenWritten/formal prose for tearing up or annulling a treaty or contract so that it becomes void; the opposite of 「締結」.
Use 「締結」 for formally concluding treaties, agreements and contracts, as in 「契約を締結する」; it also covers fastening parts. For the contract itself say 「契約」; 「約定」 and 「取り結ぶ」 are written alternatives. To dissolve one, 「解消」; to tear it up unilaterally, 「破棄」.
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